David Thompson was a monumental figure in North American history. A fur trader, explorer and perhaps the greatest land geographer ever, he led expeditions safely through incredible hardship and ...

No sooner did Meriwether Lewis and William Clark amble off into the sunrise than along came David Thompson, slowly making his way down from Canada. Thompson was a London-born explorer, surveyor ...

The adventures of fur trader, explorer and mapmaker David Thompson. David Thompson is revered as a national hero in Canada, but is less well known to Americans. "Uncharted Territory: David ...

"David Thompson is not a myth. He was not an explorer in the classic mold. "Lewis and Clark and other well-known explorers went on linear journeys, from point A to point B and back to point A ...

Born in 1770, Dafydd ap Thomas, or David Thompson as he was better known, surveyed and mapped more than four million square miles of the country's interior. He escaped poverty, and despite being ...

The North American David Thompson Bicentennials last the three ... "It's been going on for 22 years as an explorer and it's got five more to go," he said. "Then as a surveyor it's got another ...